Instead of sending the four back to Coldwater Harbor, Annan left them in Roseburg after treating them to a sumptuous dinner.

In order to prevent the players from doing anything, Annan specifically instructed them not to move in the city for the next two days, and it was better not to let others know that they were here.

They obviously also realized that they were afraid that there would be a big plot next. So they responded obediently.

And in Annam, he returned to the port of cold water alone.

He pulled John's broken sword from the City Lord's Mansion and entered the nightmare again.

And this time, the prompt when entering the nightmare is noticeably different -

It no longer has the need for rank and class:

[Bind Nightmare Fragment Detected]

[Fall into a nightmare after ten seconds, ten, nine......]

…… Bind?

Annan was stunned for a moment.

Speaking of which, it seems that the "betrayer" nightmare is indeed the only nightmare that needs to be bound. After that, whether it was "Gallery", "White Tower" or "Witch Hunt", there was no mention of "need to bind".

Is it because the carrier of this nightmare is special?

Annan recalled.

The key to the gallery is the word "Skeleton Male" and the city of Frozen Waterport.

The key to the White Tower, on the other hand, requires Gerald's bones.

The key to the witch hunt is Carney's "scarred fragment of skin".

There is only the nightmare of the "betrayer", which needs to be purified many times, but there is only one key.

I see, the maximum number of people who can enter the nightmare depends on how many parts the "key" can be divided into.

- In other words, a "key" that has been used by someone cannot be used by others.

Not surprisingly, this time the copy also has a hint to read the archive:

[Falling into a nightmare, quest generation......]

[The difficulty of the dungeon is easy, you can enter up to three times]

[The current purification rate is 1/3]

[The total Erosion of the Platoon is 8%, the difficulty of the dungeon is increased by 8%, and the probability of Nightmare Distortion is increased by 8%]

[This dungeon has a total of 1 save point, each death increases the erosion by 1%, and the dungeon is forced to exit after three deaths]

[This dungeon provides an introduction to the story and has a decryption reward]

[Dungeon Clearance Reward: Profession (Swordsman) Raised by 1 Level]

[Dungeon Decryption Reward: Profession (Wizard) Raised by 1 Level]

[Saved point: Tongue in the mirror]

[Please select the entrance to the nightmare——]

【Don Juan Geraine's Room】

【Abandoned utility room】

…… I choose, [Abandoned Utility Room].

Annan silently selected the second option.

It seems that because of his choice, the dizziness that Annan experienced was not very strong. Or rather...... He also had less time to "read" when he entered the nightmare.

When Annan opened his eyes again, he only smelled a pungent fishy smell.

And his gaze suddenly rose a little higher—he was clearly back to the stupid big guard "John".

At this moment, Annan was out of the empty room.

The room was extremely empty, and in the center there was a broken mirror, lying peacefully on the ground.

Annan paused and walked over to pick up the mirror.

A curtain of light appeared in front of him again, which gave him a sense of déjà vu:

【Tongueless Mirror】

[Type: Material/Sundries (Blue)]

[Description: A destroyed spell that has lost its original function]

[Effect: The wielder will be cursed "Unspeakable"]

[Don't say more: If the wielder is attacked before he finishes speaking, the attack ignores defenses]

“…… Where is the original archive? ”

Annan suddenly realized.

In that case, if you were killed by the head of the guard, Klaus, after exploring this room for the first time...... Maybe I'll be resurrected here.

Annan then checked the equipment on his body.

OK.

Don Juan's silver pocket watch was on him......

Annan looked up at the door.

The memory of half a month ago quickly floated in his mind.

In a few moments, Klaus, who felt that the ritual had been cut off, would rush here.

The point is not to let him see that the ritual in the room has been destroyed by himself - but to make him think that he has rewritten the object to which the ritual is directed.

It's not that difficult. All you need to do is change the symbol on the tongue slightly...... Then you can carve the corresponding symbol on your tongue. Or just replace it with the beef tongue you have prepared.

Setting up the ceremony is a technical task.

Destroying or rewriting rituals is much simpler.

It's like, although I can't understand what the data in the character document in a single-player game is, why it's written like this. However, looking up and modifying the numbers after words like "money", "attributes", or "number of items" can still be done by the average player.

So Annan threw the mirror away—there was no need to hide it, because Klaus couldn't be allowed to enter the room door in the first place. Otherwise, if he saw that the ritual was destroyed rather than rewritten, he would have attacked Annan as well.

If he has to go in......

Then you can only serve the "clanging things".

In order to close the loophole, Annan lightly cut his tongue with a knife this time. Sucked the blood out a little and made your tongue as vague as possible.

In this way, even if Klaus is suspicious, when he sees the blood on his tongue, he will dispel the luck mentality. And it would also prevent him from seeing Annan's clean tongue.

- Anyway, this is John's body, not Don Juan's.

If he wasn't worried that it would be inconvenient to speak for a while, Annan would chop off his tongue directly, slice it, add green onions, ginger, garlic, chili peppers, soy sauce, cooking wine, salt, sugar, and pepper noodles and stir-fry them, there is no psychological pressure......

So Annan walked out of the room, turned around and closed the door.

This time Klaus was coming a little later—or rather, Annan came out a little earlier because he didn't have to hide the mirror.

As Klaus hurried around the last corner, he saw John, a strong, tall bodyguard, leaning against the door of the ritual arena, looking at him with ill will.

Klaus's heart moved.

He made a cold and murderous look, and drew his weapon with murderous intent on his face.

John, on the other hand, just put his right hand in front of his mouth and made a silent gesture with a smile. The honest face that belonged to John gradually revealed a very proud and bright smile.

Neither of them moved, neither of them spoke.

For a moment, there was a terrible silence in the narrow corridor.

"Don't come here."

John smiled and said, "The tongue in the mirror, right?" ”

Hearing this word, Klaus's expression was finally moved.

His face showed a strong reluctance, and finally he sighed deeply and put down his right hand from the long sword at his waist.

"You won, John."

Klaus sighed, no longer pretending to remain silent.

Annan nodded, smiling and opening his mouth slightly.

Let Klaus get a rough look at his blood-soaked tongue. Before he could see it, it quickly closed again.

Seeing this familiar scar, Klaus let go of the last shred of luck in his heart.

“…… What do you want? ”

Klaus asked in a deep voice.

Annan only showed a simple expression: "I know that you are from His Royal Highness the Third Prince...... Guess whose person I am? ”

“…… Are you the one of the eldest princesses? ”

Klaus asked rhetorically.

Annan smiled slightly.

"No, you guessed wrong."

He whispered.

Annan looked directly at Klaus, who was a little nervous, and showed a gentle and harmless smile: "I'm actually ......

"The Man of the Skeleton."